History Main / BattleStrip

** After Yuji consumes the first of [[ArtifactOfDoom Ryomen Sukuna's fingers]], Sukuna himself takes over Yuji's body for a few seconds before Yuji takes back control, but not before Sukuna rips off Yuji's shirt while going on a diatribe about his resurrection. This shows off Yuji's slim, yet [[HeroicPhysique muscular body]].

** Juza does this in the "normal" way, breaking his shoulder pauldrons and ripping off his clothes with his own hands before his rematch with Raoh. Turns out this was [[JustifiedTrope justified]] as [[spoiler:he had oiled up his upper body's skin to slip thru Raoh's hands and get close to him, all in preparation for Juza's own secret technique]].

* ''Literature/EmpireOfTheVampire'':{{Justified}}. Armour is largely useless against even juvenile vampires, who have enough raw strength to twist metal with their grip. Thus, Silversaints employ an "aegis" instead - a set of beautiful, complex tattoos writ with silvered ink, depicting holy images and icons. Such a pattern is difficult to so much as look at for most vampires, and actively [[HolyBurnsEvil burns them]] should they touch it, whilst also allowing the hunters to enjoy maximum mobility and agility thanks to being unencumbered.

* In ''Literature/{{Cerberon}}'', Aladavan removes his coat and shirt before his DuelToTheDeath, not to impress or intimidate anyone, but simply to avoid having his clothing soiled or damaged during the fight. It was a wise move, considering his opponent runs him through with an AbsurdlySharpBlade. [[spoiler:He gets better, of course.]]
* One short story set in the ''Literature/TortallUniverse'' had an ActionGirl take off her dress to fight. It's too expensive to [[ActionDressRip rip]], and she doesn't have any pants, so she just fights in her underwear.

* in the ''Literature/AubreyMaturin'' novel ''HMS Surprise,'' Stephen Maturin takes off his shirt to fight a pistol duel because he doesn't want cloth in the wound.
* ConversationalTroping in ''Literature/InterestingTimes'', when Caleb the Ripper explains to Teach "Sign of a good berserk, taking all your clothes off. Frightens the hell out of the enemy. If anyone starts laughing, stab 'em one."

** In ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid4'', [[spoiler:Liquid Ocelot]] removes his [[BadassLongcoat coat]] before fighting Snake, and fights him shirtless. [[spoiler: This could be considered part of his 'Liquid Snake' charade as the latter was shirtless in the final battles of ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid'' while Ocelot himself was always conservatively dressed.]]
** In ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid3'', The Boss unzips the front of her [[SpyCatsuit sneaking suit]] to show Naked Snake her [[spoiler:scar]] before the final battle. Inexplicably, she leaves the suit unzipped for the battle and then the rest of the game.

* ''VideoGame/{{Yakuza}}'':
** Every time a major fight is about to take place you can count on Kazuma, his opponent, or really any yakuza in general to fling off their shirt. Probably to show off their awesome tattoos.

* PlayedForLaughs in ''LightNovel/TheDevilIsAPartTimer''--when [[spoiler:Suzuno]] attacks Maou, she's horrified that he begins to undress, and then neatly folds his clothes before actually fighting. [[SeriousBusiness Like he would risk ruining his [=MgRonald's=] uniform]]. He's still wearing a tank top with his boxers, but when her first attack [[ClothingDamage blows it off]], she [[HypocriticalHumor screams at him to stop stripping]].

* During Ghira Belladonna's first fight in ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'', he throws off his blue long coat and extends his WolverineClaws to fight to his fullest.
** Hazel tears off his jacket to free up his arms so that he can stab raw dust crystals into himself, pumping himself up for a fight against Ozpin/Oscar.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Cars}}'': Mater actually blows off his hood about halfway through his bullfight with Chuy the bulldozer (just right after his DisneyDeath) in the ''Cars Toon'' [[WesternAnimation/PixarShorts "El Materdor"]].

** Another character with breakaway cloth is Ray Cosmos, the sleazy alien guide tour. Although in his case it's more justified, since him preparing for a fight involves HulkingOut, so the shirt wouldn't survive anyway.

* A subverted example [[PlayedForLaughs for laughs]] occurs late in ''VideoGame/PokemonScarletAndViolet''. At the end of the Starfall Street storyline, Director Clavell reveals that he's [[spoiler:really been Clive]] this whole time. He does so by dramatically ripping off his [[PaperThinDisguise disguise]], only to reveal that he was wearing his usual suit under it the whole time.

* Chapter 13 of ''Webcomic/FurryFightChronicles'' has Nyarai and Peki rip off the battle outfits they wore at the end of the fight [[spoiler: to symbolize their betrayal of their respective teams for the creation of Team Firestorm.]]
* In ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'' [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0436.html #436]], during the Battle of Azure City, the Death Knight rips his Xykon-decoy robe, revealing his heavy armor, before charging at the breach.
* [[http://brawlinthefamily.keenspot.com/comic/title-457/ Strip 457]] of ''WebComic/BrawlInTheFamily'' had [[spoiler:FutureBadass [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Luigi]]]] doing this before his battle with [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime Ganon]].
* Puripuri Prisoner of ''Webcomic/OnePunchMan'' rips all of his clothes off before fighting. He calls this "transforming into Angel Mode".
* ''Webcomic/CaptainSNES'' saw Alex doing this when impersonating Hulk Hogan. [[VideoGame/BreathOfFireII Katt]] wanted to [[InnocentFanserviceGirl imitate the move]], and Alex [[ChivalrousPervert forced himself]] to tell her not to do it.